Dean
September 24th, 2008, 09:57 PM
In an effort to be a little less pro-liberal and a little more objective, I've noticed democrats and liberal news pundits blasting McCain with charges that his latest suspension of his campaign is nothing more than a way to shift focus from the economy onto which candidate cares more, has the stench of desperate shock tactic, and has some particularly troubling factual information pertaining to when exactly McCain and Obama spoke and when McCain decided to single-handedly suspend his campaign.
But my attempt to be objective has brought forth the stark realization that I can't be not pro-liberal about this. From what I've read on CNN, the most objective mainstream network news site I know (hey, MSNBC is pro-liberal, Fox News is pro-conservative... at least CNN TRIES to be Populist!), the following can be gathered...
His [McCain's] campaign suggested that he would skip the debate if Congress hadn't passed legislation addressing the crisis by then. Obama, however, said the debate in Oxford, Mississippi, should go forward.
"It's my belief that this is exactly the time when the American people need to hear from the person will be the next president," the Democrat said in Clearwater, Florida. "It is going to be part of the president's job to deal with more than one thing at once. It's more important than ever to present ourselves to the American people." (http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/09/24/campaign.wrap/index.html)
Obama said, "[McCain] called me back at about 2:30 this afternoon after our rally, and I asked him to join me in issuing a joint statement to let this Congress and this administration know where we stand and what we expect from this proposal, because of the past few days, it's been clear that we have come to agree on some broad principles."
Obama added that McCain agreed to the suggestion of issuing a joint statement.
McCain, according Rogers, suggested that the two presidential candidates have a meeting in Washington "to lead a bipartisan effort to solve this problem" and that they both suspend their campaigns and hold off on Friday's presidential debate.
Obama said his intent was focused on issuing a joint statement first.
But shortly after the call ended, Obama said, his rival appeared on television announcing the suspension and the subsequent debate no-show.
"I think the only possible miscommunication that might have been how quickly there was an announcement and someone was on television. I think my assumption was that the joint statement would go out initially," Obama said.
But McCain, appearing live on "The CBS Evening News with Katie Couric," challenged Obama's claims that he supported a joint statement.
"This is not the time for statements. ... I think the American people expect more of us. And I would hope that we would respond that way," he said.
"We discussed that we do agree, and I'd be glad to -- to join in a common press release or statement, but now is not the time for statements. Time is now to act," he added. (http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/09/24/suspend.timeline/index.html)
Many representatives, both democrat and republican, would rather the candidates not risk politicizing the economic "crisis" and simply avoid trivializing the process of analyzing the $700 billion bailout's specifics.
I detect an aura of "sneakiness" from McCain and his campaign in how they dealt with Barack Obama and particularly Obama's desire to issue a joint statement. After McCain made such a deal out of Obama turning down McCain's offer to do a series of town halls, and what McCain credits as contributing to the negative nature of most of the ads from both candidates, it is almost insulting to see McCain opt to turn down Obama's offer - with no notification to Obama as we can see - and try to politicize the process of suspending his campaign for what was supposed to be the best move for the United States of America and its weakened economy. Country first?
What do you think?
But my attempt to be objective has brought forth the stark realization that I can't be not pro-liberal about this. From what I've read on CNN, the most objective mainstream network news site I know (hey, MSNBC is pro-liberal, Fox News is pro-conservative... at least CNN TRIES to be Populist!), the following can be gathered...
His [McCain's] campaign suggested that he would skip the debate if Congress hadn't passed legislation addressing the crisis by then. Obama, however, said the debate in Oxford, Mississippi, should go forward.
"It's my belief that this is exactly the time when the American people need to hear from the person will be the next president," the Democrat said in Clearwater, Florida. "It is going to be part of the president's job to deal with more than one thing at once. It's more important than ever to present ourselves to the American people." (http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/09/24/campaign.wrap/index.html)
Obama said, "[McCain] called me back at about 2:30 this afternoon after our rally, and I asked him to join me in issuing a joint statement to let this Congress and this administration know where we stand and what we expect from this proposal, because of the past few days, it's been clear that we have come to agree on some broad principles."
Obama added that McCain agreed to the suggestion of issuing a joint statement.
McCain, according Rogers, suggested that the two presidential candidates have a meeting in Washington "to lead a bipartisan effort to solve this problem" and that they both suspend their campaigns and hold off on Friday's presidential debate.
Obama said his intent was focused on issuing a joint statement first.
But shortly after the call ended, Obama said, his rival appeared on television announcing the suspension and the subsequent debate no-show.
"I think the only possible miscommunication that might have been how quickly there was an announcement and someone was on television. I think my assumption was that the joint statement would go out initially," Obama said.
But McCain, appearing live on "The CBS Evening News with Katie Couric," challenged Obama's claims that he supported a joint statement.
"This is not the time for statements. ... I think the American people expect more of us. And I would hope that we would respond that way," he said.
"We discussed that we do agree, and I'd be glad to -- to join in a common press release or statement, but now is not the time for statements. Time is now to act," he added. (http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/09/24/suspend.timeline/index.html)
Many representatives, both democrat and republican, would rather the candidates not risk politicizing the economic "crisis" and simply avoid trivializing the process of analyzing the $700 billion bailout's specifics.
I detect an aura of "sneakiness" from McCain and his campaign in how they dealt with Barack Obama and particularly Obama's desire to issue a joint statement. After McCain made such a deal out of Obama turning down McCain's offer to do a series of town halls, and what McCain credits as contributing to the negative nature of most of the ads from both candidates, it is almost insulting to see McCain opt to turn down Obama's offer - with no notification to Obama as we can see - and try to politicize the process of suspending his campaign for what was supposed to be the best move for the United States of America and its weakened economy. Country first?
What do you think?